Ash-sifter.



UNITED STATES'N PATENT Orricr..

sAMUEFL DOUGLAS MELvIN, or FREYTowN, PENNSYLVANIA.

"i ASH-s lFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,558, datedSeptember 11, 1900.

Application led January 2, 1900 Serial Nn. 110. '.No model.)

, provide a simple, inexpensive, and durable one, the body portion ofwhich will be adapted to form the ashfpan of the stove, so as to receivethe ashes as they fall from the fire.

A further object of the invention is to en"- able the ashes of a stoveto be readily sifted and the cinders thereof quickly separated from thedust andthe pan or body portion returned to the stove in a short time.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

ln the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of an ash-sitterconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modificationof the invention. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the body portion ofthe modified form of ash-sii'ter` Like numerals of reference designatecorresponding partsin all the figures of the drawings. i

l designates an ash-sitter comprisinga lower body portion or pan 2, anupper section or cover 3, and a sieve or screen removably arrangedwithin the body portion vor pan 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of theaccompanying drawings. The ash-sifter is cylindrical, as shown, and thelower body portion or pan 2 is designed to form the ash-pau of astove'and to be arranged in the'ash-pit thereof` to receive the ashes asthey fall from the grate, and by this arrangement it is unnecessarytoshove the ashes from the stove, and thedust incident to such operationis avoided.

The sifter 4, which consists of a horizontal screen and a marginalflange, is supported by lugs 5 when the parts are in an upright toimprovements in -position and is provided with a handle b',

which extends outward'through"a recess or cut-away portion 7 of theupper edge of the pan or body portion 2.V The lugs project f romtheinner faces of the walls of the pan or body portion, and the sieve 4is adapted to be oscillated to sift the ashes.

The pan or body portion 2 is provided at its upper edge with a iiange b,which is offset from the plane of the walls of the same and whichprovides a snpportingshoulder or ledge to receive the lower edges of thewalls of the top section or cover 3. A

Handles 9 and 10 are provided at the front of the ash-sitter and aresecured, respectively, to the pan 2 and the cover 3, and the said pan isprovided at its back with a slot 1l, arranged as shown in Fig. 2 of theaccompanying drawings and receiving a hook or projec tion 12, extendingfrom the back of the cover 3. By this construction the cover and the panare detachably interlocked and there is no liability of their becomingaccidentally separated when the handles 9` and l0, which are arrangedcontiguous to each other, are graspedby the operator.

The sifter can be conveniently held in one hand while the handle 6 ofthe sieve is being oscillated by the other hand, and the said sieve isreadily removable from `the casing formed by the pan and the cover. Theashes are received within the pan or body 2 as they fall from the grateofa-latrobe or other heating-stove, and after the pan or body is re-`moved therefrom the sieve or screen and the top section or cover areplaced in position. The sifter is then reversed to bring the ashes uponthe sieve or screen, which is operated to sift-the same. After theoperation of sifting hasbeen completed the pan or body portion, which isuppermost, and the sieve or screen are-.removed from the inverted topsection or cover to separate the cinders from the dust. After the partshave been separated the bottom portion or pan is reversed to arrange itin its initial position, and it then contains the cinders, which may bereturned to the stove or latrobe, so that the fue] may be entirelyconsumed. The pan or body portion may then be replaced in the ash-pit ofthe stove,

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and the top section or cover 3 forms a receptnv.

rectangularpannand cover 13 and 14 are conf 'a t l *i y, 657,558

vmais fr, the dust, jwhich may be mdiyre-`v ymoved and einptied into aconvenient receptacle. y i

Instead of constructing the casing circular it may be rectangular, asillustrated inV Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings. TheAnected'at'the back bya hook or projection 16 and a slot 15, arrangedsimilar to the parts 11A and 12, heretofore described, andthevhandle-17Vand 18, which are arranged at the front of therrectangular casing, may be connected.

by a'llink 19` to prevent any liabilityof the casingvopening while it isbeing shaken tovv sift it-s contents. Thesieve 20, which is sup' portedby lugs 21- ofv the'pan 13, is provided at thenbottom with anoutwardly-extending handley 22, arranged in aslot 23 vof the pane, Theslot 23 is covered by the flangeor-wall of the sieve,'as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings, so that ther-eis nolia'bility'of dust escaping during theop-v eration of sifting.V Therecessed or cut-away portion of the-panV 2 is covered by the upperportion of the flange or `Wall ofthe sieve 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 2of the drawings, to prevent the escape of dust.

It win readily be seen' that the` .ash-Sift@- is simple andcomparatively inexpensive in construction, that thebody portion orIpanjis adapted to be arranged in the ash-pit of a stove ltoreceive'l'the ashes as they fall from' the grate, and that the devicewill enable the ashes to be readily sifted and the cinders sep;

arated frein` the dust'and the pan or body're#` 'ting `dust "to escape.f g 'Changes iii the frm,proportion, size, and wthev minor details of-construction within the turned to the ash-pit Yof the stove. it will'alsdbenappai'et that tlihandie's of the up- .per and lower sections ofthe casiligare arranged. adjacent to` each other, so that they maybesimultaneously graspedby the operator wit h" one hand, and the handle ofthe `screen 'or sieve may be arranged between-the ysaid handles, so thatall three may besimuly `taneously grasped [by the operator when carryingthe ash-sitter from one place to another, so that there will be noliability of the sieve o1 screenl accidentally oscillatin g andpermitscope of the 4rappended claimvmay beresorted to without departingfrom the spirit or sacri- .ficing'au y of the advantages of thisinvention.

ik What is claimed is'- v l 'An ash-sitter comprising a pan, a covervdetach ably in terlocked with the pan', handles projecting from theypanand the cover and ai'- ranged adjacent to eachother, and a sieve orscreenarranged'within vthe pan and provided 4with a'projecting vhandleadapted .to *be'artially as describedijfx In testimony that rny own I;have `hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two` witnesses.

SAMUEL. DOUGLAS MELviN. e

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